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NOAA social media and mobile websites

As one of the federal government’s premier science agencies, NOAA is using social media tools to share critical information and provide the public a better understanding of the work we do on behalf of oceans, coasts, fisheries, climate, atmosphere and weather sciences.

NOAA social media promotes “conversation” around important issues and ultimately helps shape NOAA’s mission of science, service and stewardship.

Twitter

Twitter is a "microblogging" service that allows users subscribe to receive brief updates or "tweets " (a maximum of 140 characters) from others whom they choose to follow. NOAA tweets include various announcements and links to its website.

Facebook

Facebook lets users follow people and organizations they "like" and with whom they share brief updates, photos, links or other information. NOAA’s Facebook pages offer users a place to follow updates and join the conversation around important issues.

Podcasts

A podcast is an audio recording, usually on one particular topic, which can be downloaded and listened to at your convenience.

NOAA Fisheries Service

On the Line
A biweekly podcast featuring stories told by NOAA Fisheries scientists who study, manage, and protect marine fish and wildlife and their ocean habitats on behalf of the American public.

National Ocean Service (NOS)

Diving Deeper
Connect with ocean experts in our podcast series that explores questions about the ocean environment. Get ready to dive deeper!

Making Waves
From corals to coastal science, catch the current of the ocean with our audio and video podcast, Making Waves.

About social media and government

Social media broadly describes online tools for sharing information — Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and others — that rely on social interaction between Web users. This mode of dissemination, based on real-time simple online publishing techniques, depends as much on the audience as it does the publisher. Social media provides a platform from which content transforms into community.

At a time in our history when people prefer to be part of the national conversation, the federal government is using social media to share information and interact with its citizens as a way to support a more open and transparent democracy. Learn more about how your government is using social media.